Chapter 88 Health Surprise Inspection (XVII)
In front of the dusty doors of 919 and 921, a dozen candidates were standing ready to take the exam.
Zheng Wanqing excitedly summoned a [hammer-sized fist], and her broken right arm instantly became whole again. "I've been annoyed with them for a long time."
Now she can finally take down the door openly!
Jiang stood aside with his arms folded, pouting pessimistically: "We have tried many times, but we can only get two meters behind the door at most. We can't go any deeper."
In its opinion, human candidates can't even get through the door and are worse than them.
Tang Xin Jue reminded: "Be careful, if you feel something is wrong, retreat immediately."
"Don't worry."
Zheng Wanqing raised her fist and smashed it hard on the dusty wooden door!
boom!
Dust was flying everywhere. Zheng Wanqing came out coughing, doubting her life: "...I didn't break it open."
Her iron fist could even punch through the wall of Mayas’s grandmother’s house, but it couldn’t break open such a thin wooden door?
No. 5 and No. 6 immediately stepped forward and said, "Let's give it a try."
Before they finished speaking, the two men raised their arms, and flames roared out from the flamethrowers, instantly engulfing the door of 919.
After more than ten seconds, the flames dissipated as the spray gun was retracted, leaving only two charred marks on the dormitory door. Neither the iron lock nor the door panel moved at all.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment: He can’t even use the most destructive power, fire-breathing?
Zheng Wanqing and sister No. 5 ran to the door of 921 and tried again, but the result was the same - not a single crack appeared, as if the attack was in vain.
Guo Guo rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not mistaken: "Is this a wooden door? Are you kidding? It must be an alloy steel bulletproof door! Did your school hide the weapons storage behind the door to make it so impregnable?"
Jiang shrugged with his No. 13 body: "Look, we already said that."
It turns out that not only are their underworld methods ineffective against these two doors, but they are also a blocked option in the world of the living.
Tang Xin Jue brushed away the sparks and dust in the air and inspected the door for a while: "They should be under some kind of restriction. It's not a physical defense, but it's more like it has invalidated our attacks."
How can I cause real damage to these two doors?
In the silence, Ke Ke suddenly stepped out of the team.
Jiang Lan called her in a low voice, but ultimately did not stop her. She only said softly, "...be careful."
Ke Ke waved her hand and removed the bandage around her neck, revealing densely packed black runes that spread to her jaw, making everyone breathe easier.
So this is why No. 3 is wrapped in bandages?
"Arsonists and boxers, be prepared to attack immediately." She also took off her sunglasses.
Tang Xinjue raised his eyebrows slightly, vaguely anticipating what was about to happen.
Looking at Ke Ke walking towards them, No. 5 was confused: "You want to..."
"Shh." Ke Ke held up her index finger. "If you don't want to be scolded, don't ask. I won't care if you get angry and cry."
She then stood in front of the door, closed her eyes, and her voice, which was usually associated with a sharp tongue, became low, as if she was talking in a dream:
"Seeing is deceiving, words are believing. In the next ten seconds, the two doors in front of me will be like ordinary wooden doors, and will be destroyed by all external forces..."
Ke Ke opened her eyes: "...In the name of truth."
Something was different.
Tang Xin Jue keenly caught this, and the toilet plunger hit the door of 919 like a gust of wind. Zheng Wanqing's fist wind came from behind, and the two forces overlapped and fell on the door. With a loud bang like a rotten wood, the wooden door was broken! The flying pieces of iron spread out, and everyone in the affected area immediately covered their heads and retreated quickly in the direction of their teammates' cover.
Jiang Lan rushed into the center of the airflow and carried Ke Ke out, who was about to collapse. However, the latter tried her best to open her eyes and look to the other side, her brows knitted like hemp ropes: "There is not enough time."
The door on Tang Xinjue's side was already open, but the door 921, which was in charge of No. 5 and No. 6, had not been completely burned yet.
Ten seconds passed in a flash, and seeing that the attack on the door was about to fail again, Ke Ke gritted her teeth and continued:
"Break through the false fog, the effective time of the attack will be extended to 20 seconds!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the gradually weakening fire suddenly grew in the wind and completely engulfed the dormitory door.
This is... everyone suddenly realized.
Word spirit!
The words that Ke Ke used obviously came at a price. Blood dripped from the corners of her mouth like a broken thread, and it seemed that no matter how hard she tried to wipe it off, it would not be wiped away. Her entire body seemed to be drained dry, and she withered away at an obvious speed.
The gate of 921 fell apart in the burning, and the deformed door frame looked like a dark hole.
At this point, the two dormitories that had been sealed for a long time were finally completely opened, revealing their interior.
" You , you really did it?"
The first person to rush in was Jiang. She muttered to herself in disbelief and walked around excitedly. By the time everyone found the power source and turned on the lights, she had already searched both rooms, her face fell into a ball:
"No, not one, they are all gone."
After further questioning, everyone realized that she was referring to the ghosts of students who were originally here. They were also the ghosts in the memories received by the examinees, reminding the students of 917 to run away quickly.
Guo Guo asked in doubt: "Aren't you two together?"
According to Jiang's own account, they were the source of the sobbing sound on the eighth floor every night in the memory scene, and they were also the students who were killed by the school before the game started. In everyone's subconscious understanding, the student ghosts should be in the same camp.
But judging from their current reactions, they don’t seem to know the information about the 9th floor?
"Wait, I seem a little confused, can someone explain this to me?"
No. 5 raised his hands in confusion, "How many ghosts are there in this dungeon?"
Tang Xinjue gave Keke a pill that healed her mental strength. After confirming with Jiang Lan that it was safe, he nodded and turned around to explain the situation to No. 5.
"From a racial perspective, there are two camps in this dormitory building. One is the wandering ghosts, and the other is us examinees. From the perspective of ghosts, they can also be divided into two camps. One is the original school administrators and their minions, including the student union, dormitory management, and the academic affairs office. The other is the students who were persecuted during their lifetime."
"But now it seems that students are further divided by dormitory buildings, right?"
Student Jiang counted on his fingers and nodded with a gloomy face: "...That's right."
The dormitory building has 9 floors in total.
Long before the so-called "copy" was formed, no one lived on the first to eighth floors.
Even among the three dormitories on the 9th floor, only one, 917, was occupied by the newly recruited student - the subject of the perspective of those memory scenes. The others were the "walking dead" in 919 and 921, who were also swallowed up by the black fog along with them.
Jiang is a student on the 8th floor. To be more precise, she is a victim who was recruited into this school last year. They were trapped downstairs for an unknown period of time. When they finally reached the 9th floor, they found that the place was deserted except for the school . The two sides fought, and when the Academic Affairs Office found that they were no match for the students, they fled and hid until now.
Tang Xin Jue concluded: "If the Academic Affairs Office has become a ghost, then the students in 917 should have become ghosts as well. Not to mention the other two dormitories... But the fact is that they have all disappeared, leaving only a memory for the examinees."
"Could it be that he was harmed by the Academic Affairs Office?"
Guo Guo asked subconsciously, but after he realized it, he was unwilling to believe it.
Being persecuted during one's lifetime is one thing, but if one is persecuted a second time even after death, that would be too tragic!
Jiang was filled with dark energy: "They dare!!!"
"That's unlikely. If there are at least 40 student ghosts on the 9th floor, even if they confront and fight with the Academic Affairs Office, it's impossible for them to disappear completely in a short period of time."
Tang Xin Jue pointed out the illogical points and concluded: "If you want to know what happened on the 9th floor, you still have to ask the people involved."
The only people who might have witnessed everything were the Academic Affairs Office.
No. 5 clapped his hands: "Okay, I understand. So we still have to find the Academic Affairs Office to force out the truth!"
Jiang agreed: "That's right. We didn't understand the situation at the beginning, so we let them run away accidentally. Now if we catch them again this time, hehe..."
She cracked her fingers.
Numbers 11 and 12 said weakly, "Excuse me, you are twisting our roommate's hand, and it seems like it's going to break. Can you be gentler?"
What would No. 13 do if his arm or leg was really broken?
Student Jiang: "...Oh, I haven't had a body for so long, I almost forgot about it."
The group stopped talking nonsense and concentrated on looking for clues in the two rooms.
The layout of the room here is a copy and paste of 917, with the same 16 beds and simple and narrow activity space. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a women's prison. After searching through the boxes and cabinets for a while, everyone also found some items that seemed to be left by the students before they died.
"Heart decision, look."
Zhang You took out a few pieces of paper from the depths of the cabinet, on which were bloodstained and had some crooked handwriting.
[Don't believe anything they say...get out of here...]
[Get out of school quickly...Run!]
Tang Xin Jue took the paper and said, "The bloody reminder we saw in the bathroom before should have been left by these students."
The people they wanted to remind should be the girls who were still living in 917 at that time, but unfortunately, things have changed.
Others also found diaries, photo albums and some damaged mobile phones. These items recorded some of the school's evil deeds and evidence of crimes, and there were bloodstains on the corners of the bed as evidence.
Jiang was reminded of some painful memories and gritted his teeth as he said, "After they tricked the students in, they used violence to control them, often resulting in deaths. Later, they were accidentally harassed by parents and only after they spent a lot of money to settle the matter did they restrain themselves and change to punishments such as confinement."
But even so, few people can walk out of this school alive, and eventually they all become innocent souls in the dormitory building, unable to rest in peace.
After hearing the story, everyone felt more or less incredible. Guo Guo asked the question that had been lingering in his mind: "So many people died, didn't anyone care? Didn't anyone call the police?"
The number of missing people in an entire dormitory building involves not only hundreds of families who spend money to send their children to college, but also tens of thousands of relationship networks. How could it have survived for so long?
When asked about this, Jiang showed a trace of confusion on his face: "I don't know... No one has ever taken care of them. Even the parents came to our house only twice, and in the end, nothing happened."
How on earth did this sham, shabby school survive in the real world? They had no idea.
There are layers of mysteries, and perhaps only by catching those people in the Academic Affairs Office can we figure them out.
With a lot of doubts in their minds, everyone started to search the dormitory. Those who were injured or physically disabled rested on the bed. No. 5 even found a piece of candy and ran over to comfort Ke Ke, apologizing for his previous comments on her.
"I'm sorry, Keke. I didn't know your ability was the power of words, and I even said bad things about you behind your back."
Number 5 clasped his hands together, "You must have to be so sharp-tongued because of the price of your powers!"
Ke Ke rolled her eyes under her sunglasses: "Can't you think of something positive, like, am I born with a foul mouth?"
Having said that, she still accepted the candy from No. 5, broke it in half and shared it with Anian who was also lying in bed recuperating.
It smells really good.
A few minutes later, Zheng Wanqing made a new discovery at the location she was searching.
She shouted with all her might, and lifted up a whole cabinet, moving it forward several dozen centimeters, revealing the scene behind it:
Where there should have been a wall, there was a half-meter-high crack!
"This is……"
Everyone gathered around and found that there was still a dark space behind the crack.
“The flashlight can’t reach the end, which means the space is very large.”
Jiang Lan leaned in to check for a moment, then stood up hesitantly: "I have to take care of Ke Ke and An Nian, so I'm afraid I can't go in to explore. Everyone..."
"You are stupid, why don't you just leave this matter to us?"
Student Jiang snorted and clapped her hands. A cold wind suddenly blew around them. After circling for dozens of seconds, her face fell again: "What's going on? Can't get in?"
The female ghosts responded that they were unable to enter the space outside the cave, as if they were isolated by some invisible force.
It happens again!
If the ghost can't get out, we can only rely on humans.
Everyone looked at each other, and a few were about to volunteer when they heard Tang Xinjue's voice: "Let me give it a try."
She approached the cave entrance but did not go in. Instead, she closed her eyes and mobilized her mental power to spread outward like a stretched silk thread. That was her other pair of movable "eyes".
The spiritual power smoothly entered the dark space, sensing the outline and boundaries of the space, and spreading outward step by step -
Suddenly, something appeared in his "field of vision". Tang Xinjue opened his eyes without even thinking and reminded:
"Everyone retreat!"
In the blink of an eye, a large group of black flying insects with buzzing wings surged up from the cave entrance like a tide and pounced towards everyone!
"Shit, are those fake boys from before?"
Everyone was almost forgetting about this due to the busy schedule, but suddenly remembered it again.
"Are they from the student union? What's going on with classmate Jiang... Ouch, what stinky bugs!"
No. 5 raised his hand to spit fire, but he saw a figure in the pile of black insects who seemed to be calling for help. He hurriedly stopped No. 6 from letting go. As a result, the next second the figure turned into a skeleton made of insects, and pounced on him with a grin.
Bang!
A kick landed on the skeleton, without any supernatural power, but it forced the skeleton to stop where it was.
Student Jiang controlled No. 13's body to block the skeleton, his face looking extremely bad.
"Don't talk, I need to confirm something first."
"——There's actually a male ghost in our female dormitory?"
